The World through my Children's Eyes

As I was unloading all the pictures from my camera I had several that were weird. I had dozens of floor and shoe pictures.... and realized Dax and Isaac had been playing with my camera. The more I looked through these pictures I realized how fun it was to see the world through my children's eyes. So here's a peek at what they see...

This one actually has some really great pictures! Brett had been out of town and I had been on a walk with the boys. We sat outside playing on the grass and they took pictures of Tanner and I playing and Isaac with the "looser" sign on his head... cause he's such a character!

My favorite pictures here are of the neighborhood... mostly because it looks so big when you are down so low to the ground. I also love the one of Tanner's feet and Daxton's shoes... one boot, one crock. Whatever works son... at least you have shoes on your feet. The one of my modeling Daxton's blanket made me laugh! I forgot one day he wanted to take my picture next to his lamb picture he made. He wanted me to pose, like I'm sure I make him do all the time... so he gave me his blanket to lay across my shoulder.

Then there is the "bum" picture. I probably had a million pictures of Isaac's bum! No kidding. I do remember that day, they were laughing so hard at taking pictures of Isaac wiggling his bum. These two are crazy. If you look at the buzz light year picture you can see Daxton's toes in the picture. I love those toes. That's such a precious picture. Oh course they got a picture of Rosco, me eating...and another favorite, Isaac's dirty underwear. I'm sure they were cracking up when they took that!

Easter Sunday! 2013

What is it about little boys white shirts and ties? They just look so clean and handsome! They boys look like they belong on the cover of Baby Gap! Brett and I took them to the store to pick out their favorite tie and pants. We matched them. Yes. I'm that mom and I'm okay with it.

We had to order Daxton's white shirt in the mail. Now it's officially known as "my church shirt from the mailbox!"

My mom had given Tanner this cute Easter outfit and we thought their ties matched nicely with him. One day though, I will have all 3 in matching Sunday clothes.

Oh I'm a lucky mom. Maybe I say that because right now the house is quiet and everyone is sleeping, but looking at these pictures I feel so blessed. Look at these angelic faces Heavenly Father has entrusted me with. I am so grateful they are mine.

These are the 3 cutest future missionaries!!!

Then throw Brett in the mix... wow. That is one good lookin' group of boys!!!

They are my little rays of sunshine!

It's All About the Green!!

Oh, St. Patrick's! When did it get to be such a big deal? My little boys get so excited and once again they tried to hard to catch this tricky leprechaun. Isaac wasn't taking any chances of letting this leprechaun chew threw the box... so he duct taped the entire box in rainbow color duct tape!

When the boys woke up they found tiny leprechaun foot prints & gold coins all over the house... but no box!!!

They followed the green feet and found the box over by the steps. He had ran the box right off the ledge and jumped out!!! Impressive Mr. Leprechaun!!!

Oh well, better luck next time. At least the kids got some yummy gold coins!

The boys had a box of Lucky Charms, complete with magical changing green milk!!
I gave them green and white animal cookies.

We put on our green, now no pinching boys!!! Aren't they the three cutest boys ever!?

To break up our day we went and visited Brett's Grandma Dansie in the Hospital. 

She has been pretty sick so it was nice to go and visit with her.

For dinner I made the boys green waffles and green eggs!! They loved them!

Since Tanner is new to eating... he munched on his toy flower instead.

It was an eventful St. Patrick's Day!!! And nobody got pinched! (Well, except for Brett... but if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day... your basically giving your kids permission to pinch!)

Tanners Tales - 7 Months Old

Tanner is 7 Months Old. He stares like crazy! My favorite thing he stares at are his hands. You can just see the fascination on his face as he waves his fingers in front of his face. He also loves licking and eating them.  I'm a little sad that his hair is growing. It's not as fluffy...but man it's soft! We pet him like he's a puppy. He says "da-da" still but when he says it he reaches for me. Just because he says da-da... doesn't mean he wants him! I love that he smiles so big when he sees me. He can be all the way across the room and just light up if he catches a glimpse of me. Brett hates it because he will be holding him and Tanner will be just fine until he sees me. I feel so bad when I can't pick him up right that second. It looks like poor torture for the boy. But who can blame him? I am a pretty awesome mom!

Tanner decided he was going to start crawling. He really doesn't even sit up well yet. I don't blame him though... I think he's trying to get away from an older brother (eh hum...Dax) that flattens him most days. He can get up on his knees great but them he scoots backwards with his arms and feet. It's really hard to get where you want to go when your moving backwards!

Tanner makes progress with crawling every week that goes by. He is really starting to understand what to do. He get on all 4's and you can see his determination in his face.  He starts to move back and forth a bit and now he is starting to reach is arm out to move forward. Ah! I can't believe it. He's growing up so fast. We were at Nancy's house and my keys were on the floor. He wanted them so bad he inched forward, flopped a tiny bit more, did it again and again and grabbed them. Success!

It can be rough at times learning to crawl though. One day he was scooting forward and he flopped pretty hard and scuffed up his cute little nose.

We goo and gawk over Tanner so much I think Dax feels a little left out sometimes.... He too had to show me how well he could crawl! Look out Tann, you got some competition!

Emilee let us borrow this fun jumper toy. I stayed up cleaning it and making it perfect for Tanner. He liked it the first few times he jumped. Then it became like a torture chamber, he would scream if I would try and put him in it.

Well that and he had to endure Daxton who likes to maul him every chance he gets. He loves to hug him, a little too much. We also have been trying to teach Dax it's not nice to poke Tanner in the nose or the eye.... no matter how cute they are. One day Tanner will get him back.

Daxton is a good brother. He loves to stand up on the crib and entertain Tann for me. Tanner's new thing he does while he lays on his back is he waves his arms up and down as fast as he can! It's like he's ready to take flight... oh my cute little feathers! His name really does fit him.

Tann hangs with me pretty much wherever I go... laundry room included. I finally heard him say ma-ma!!!  I didn't believe it but a week went by and he said it again! He doesn't say it a lot, but I'll take it!

 Dax really does loves to play with Tanner. I think he's excited that he is moving more and not just a fradgile thing to hold. He gave him his fireman hat to wear and ran around yelling "FIREMAN TANN TO THE RESCUE!!!"

It was pretty cute. He decided to be the Dr. if Tann was the Fireman.

Then he gave him a checkup...after he rolled him up in a blanket. Sweet Tanner, your such a patient baby.

 Tanner has gotten to be very loud!!! He has found his voice. He squeels and it's high!! It's very cute.

When Isaac comes home from school he doesn't let Tanner go. I can tell he misses him. Tanner lights up when he sees Isaac or Dax. He really loves both of his brothers.

Tanner got sick this month, again. He had a high fever. I hate when babies are all stuffy and snoggly. It makes me so very sad for them. Brett brought the swing into his room. He couldn't sleep on his back because he couldn't breathe.

Food is still a big interest to Tanner. I let him try chocolate pudding. As I'm writing this I'm thinking how insane I am to give him pudding at 7 months! But he loved it. What's not to love? It's chocolate!

He continues to love anything I blend up for him. He's really becoming a good little eater.

These mesh nets are the coolest things for babies!! He loves eating mangos and strawberries in them.

We had him on the table and he reached over and grabbed pizza crust! I don't like him just chewing things down... he can still choke pretty easily. But he loved it!

It's hard trying to change a moving target... especially several times a day. Tanner is horrible when it comes to changing him. He lays there long enough for you to get his diaper off (if your lucky) and then within a blink of an eye he twists his body and flips to his stomach in hopes to crawl away. Can I just tell you, he is always very pleased with himself! Then you turn him over and it starts all over again!

Look at this face! Look at his baby bird hair... oh I'm so in love.

Later in the month Tanner has really taken off crawling! I was starting to get worried at how fast he was. Brett was going out of town for work and I asked him to put the gate up on the steps. He didn't. He told me, "He's like a snail Ash. I think you can catch him." Well, this snail seriously learned to book it over a few days! Sadly he was playing on the carpet and within minutes I heard him crying... it sounded far away. I looked over the stair well and there he was. Flat on his back looking up at me from the bottom of the steps. Talk about worst mother of the year award! My 7th month old fell down the steps and I didn't even hear him! I ran down frantically looking him over. He appeared happy, a little frightened, but in one piece. Can I just insert this here... all 3 of my kids have had a step incident when they were babies now! NO MORE STEPS CHILDREN! Isaac broke his leg when I slipped down the back yard steps, a gate was left open and Dax sailed down these same steps in a walker and now Tanner magically tumbled down them.  Yes, just hand me that award now please.

Brett felt terrible as he was away, but when he got back in town we re-created how it could have happened. We even had Tanner crawl to me to see how he would have fell. (Yes, I'm basically making him re-create the scene under supervision!) We think he slid on his tummy superman style. He had some rug burns on his knees and arms, so it all added up. I'm so grateful there were little angels carrying him down safely.

Another week went by and Tanner has figured out all he needs to know about crawling. When he wants something he doesn't hesitate, he jumps up on his knees and goes. My other favorite thing he does is he stands on his feet and hands with his bum in the air, like an upside down "V." It's hilarious!

And as a side note, how adorable are these monkey bum pajamas?!!!

How cute are these two boys? Tanner still doesn't have the greatest sleeping schedule... go to bed little friend. Who can put a face that cute in bed and make him cry?

Oh and did I mention Tanner waves?! Cutest little hand, I could just eat it up!! Bye bye feathers!